Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-04-14
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The Lighthouse Board is preparing to be-
yin construction of a lighthouse AT PIPE
Island and Marquette, Mich
The coinage of the minis during the month
of March was Sc 80, 9c6, of which s3O3l,2 ~
was in standard silver dollars.
The Pension-Ofiice issued l,O0J pension
certificates FRIDAY. This is said 10 be the
largest number ever issued in one day
The interstate commerce commission has
selected rs permanent quarters the hItn
floor OF The Sun building. The annual
rental is $1,000
The Interstate Commerce Commission
having made a request for temporary
clerical assistant the Secretary of the ln-
terror detailed Mai 5. 4. Jonas of that office
for that duty.
The bureau of labor has twenty-nine
agents In the field investigating strikes and
lOcNouts from 1851 10 1856 incl Siye. The
agents are all inQuiring into the condition of
wOrRingmen in the cities and cost OF pro-
ducti0n and distribution OF staple articles.
Secretary Fairchld has appointed MesSrS.
John z. Irish, W. ). Bryant, and john r.
Swift commission 10 select and purchase
property In San Francisco on which 70 erect
a suitable building for postoiiiee and court
house. There is 100000 available for the
purchase.
During the week ended March 26th, 1872
the Commissioner OF the General Land
Office, 354 final timber-culture entries
desert land entries. and 15l cash lint er-iand
entries making total Of 2j9 land patents
approved There are So, l05 cases pending
before the office.
The secretary Of the interior has requested
the secretary OF war to place the western
portion If Indian Territory including Ok
lahoma, under the jurisdiction and control
of a single army officer with instructions to
exercise extreme vigilance in the matter OF
preventing an expected invasion OF the
territory by boomers during the coming
spring and summer,
Acting Secretary Muldrow has sustained
the decision OF Commissioner Sparks III the
case Of Todd knOpple OF Lamar, Col The
decision holds that qualified pre-emptor
who has exercised the right of fling and
perfecting an entry on the Usage trust and
diminishing the reserved lands in Kansas.
under the act of May y, 1880, has exhausted
his presumption right to all other lands
The civil-service commission announces
that it is with difficulty that il is able to
supply the departmental demand for male
stynogdphcrs who are also type-WrlterS and
suggests that competent persons outside nf
Inc district OF Columbia who contemplate
passing cyil-seryice examination in Steno-
graphy amt type-writing do SO at once.
Salaries I'm this branch OF public service range
from 81 900 to ST, 500 per anuum.
In connection with the appointment of the
Pacific railroad commission II is said that the
president will not be in hurry 10 make it
up, as after consultation with men posted as
to the character Of the work to be done, he has
decided that it would not be practicable to
complete the investigation in time TO submit
the report 10 the next congress. Ii Is Under
stood that congress at the next session, VIII
be asked 10 extend the time In which tie
commission may preSentit its report
There is much uneasineSS among EN-
p,oyes of the Government Printing Office as
to the tenure OF the situations. The adj
iOurnment Of Congress left the force Of about
one hundred men employed on the Record
out of work. The Public Printer, however.
wished TO retain the best OF them in the
office, and consequently placed them in
other departments. This made reduction
of force necessary and each week since the
adjournment number of discharges have
been made.
A novel claim has been presented at the
treasury department Some time ago the
customs collector at Portland, Oregon, seized
thirtv-nne small cans, each OF which was
designated as prepared opium. and all We're
sold as such at the rate OF So per can, Il
Chmaman being the innocent purchaser.
Subsequently, he found that twenty-nine OF
the cans contained oatmeal, worth about 81,
for which he had paid STA. He now asks
that the collector be directed TO refund the
money paid.
The president has appointed George w.
Gordon of Tennessee TO be a commissioner
tu select q diminished reservation for the
confrderated bands Of Cayuse, Walla-Walia,
and Umatlll0 Indians, vice GeOrg t. Pear
son, resigned. These government directors
OF the Union Pacific railroad company
whose terms have expired, were reappOnted:
Frederick Il COudert of New York, Frank
lin MacEeagh OF Chicago, Alexander Has